PC-Based F-16 Simulator Cockpit



Things are coming together now - panels are cut out of pressboard (masonite) and mounted to the frame. A pair of speakers are mounted on the "ejection seat rails", rewired Thrustmaster PFCS stick and TQS throttle are in place, and a 17" monitor sits at eye level on the front of the frame. At this point the stick and throttle are interfaced through the EPIC card in the PC, with the breakout box mounted behind the seat. I also had a monochrome monitor mounted in the center of the cockpit where the radar display is located in the real F-16A. I did this in anticipation of the "MFD" capability promised by the F-16 sim "Back To Baghdad" but when I finally got the game it sucked so badly I took the monochrome display out.